Sunday, August 9, 2009

our saturday...

On Saturday our family had a celebration picnic...we celebrated *birthdays* for several in the family and *changes* to come for our grandson Joe (recent college graduate)! The party was held at the home of my son and his family...you may remember the Victorian Home pictures from a few of my blog posts!

(son and his family our proudly restoring and repairing this beauty)

(they love flowers, they love landscaping, and they share the beauty with many in their neighborhood and passerbys that just want to enjoy the variety available)


(there is an original milk house next to the house ~ previous owners had used what appeared to be sledge hammers to open up the end to use as a garage or storage)(sorry no pictures of the before but this is the after repairs...hopefully near to the original look, no pictures available to compare ideas)


(more of the beautiful flower settings at various spots on the property...it is so pretty)


(the university grad with his newly framed diploma)

(a small part of the gathering, others were still at the food table ☺)

Joe will be heading off to a new job with AmeriaCorp, supervising the building of a Habitat for Humanity house in the state of Washington! We will miss Joe, he is our first born grandson, and will be missed greatly for the months that he is away! Love you Joe, see you at Christmas time!!

3 comments:

Mary @ Neat and Tidy said...

Beautiful post! Thanks for sharing your family with us.

Rose said...

Their home is so beautiful...and congrats to Joe. I know you are going to miss him a lot.

Mrs. Goodneedle said...

Happy celebrations all around, and best wishes to Joe! The Victorian home and grounds is a showplace, what an enormous amount of work and love have been poured into that, it surely shines.